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As a result of scouting for the current bud mite, Friothyes 
ribis Nal., and the destruction of infested plants in the Gordon Head, 
Duncan and ■ Westholrae districts, B, C. , during 1926 and 1927, it is believed 
that these areas are now fre*e from .infestation by this pest # 
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The European red' mite has been increasing for ■ several years in 
orchard sections of Nova Scotia and- is not? one of the major pests of 
'apple.--: ' . .. 
'The codling moth is not sufficiently numerous in British Columbia 
at the present time to affect any large percentage 1 of the apple-growing 
sections, 
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As a result of control measures carried out since 1920, there are 
now no bark beetle outbreaks 'occurring in the yello'" pine of British 
Columbia, " -.■-•-:. 
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An infestation of tip-moth, Peronea yar/iana Fern., -as found 
'affecting several square miles of - hemlock, between Britannia creek and Furry 
creek, B. C. in the latter" part of ."1-927. 
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' During the past winter, scouting for winter nests of the brown- tail 
moth in Nova Scotia failed to reveal any signs of. .the pest. As a result 
of this "work, there has. been a gradual -.reduction in brown- tail moth in- 
festation in the Maritime 'Provinces 'from year to'year, and it is hoped that 
the- infestation has now been definitely eliminated. 
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